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23 October 2023

The 8th Asia-Pacific Urban Forum [Parallel session]

Unlocking the Potential of VLRs: Building Sustainable Cities through Local Action and Follow-up and Review Processes

This session aims at fostering knowledge exchange and sharing experiences of good practices regarding the utilisation of VLRs as a means to structure the follow-up and review processes of the 2030 Agenda at the local level. Through this session, part

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31 March 2023

ITTO project

Analysis of timber legality assurance systems and good practices in China and Vietnam for sustainable timber trade

近年、木材貿易を取り巻く国内外の環境は、木材の合法性確認や、持続可能な開発目標（SDGs）達成への貢献など、大きくかつ急速に変化してきています。平成28（2016）年には、合法伐採木材等の流通及び利用を促進し、地域及び地球の環境保全に資することを目的とする「クリーンウッド法（合法伐採木材等の流通及び利用の促進に関する法律）」が制定されました。クリーンウッド法では、木材関連事業者が木材等を利用する場合に合法伐採木材等を利用することを努力義務として定めるとともに、木材が合法に伐採されたかものか否かを

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20 July 2022

Climate & SDGs Conference [Side Events]

Promoting synergies at local level: Why are Local Governments strengthening synergies between climate agenda and sustainable development?

Recently, local and regional governments (LRGs) are actively engaging in both the climate agenda and the SDGs. In Japan, around 52% of local governments, which accounts for 932 local governments, have SDGs plans or activity promoting SDGs through...

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30 June 2022

IGES webinar on Voluntary Local Reviews 2022

Overcoming Barriers to Implementation

As the world rapidly approaches the deadline for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), progress is not occurring fast enough. However, cities are increasingly making a meaningful...

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28 June 2021

IGES webinar on VLR

From Reporting to Action: How “Voluntary Local Review” can amplify local sustainability?

In 2018 four pioneer local governments—Kitakyushu, New York, Toyama, and Shimokawa—presented their Voluntary Local Review (VLR) of progress towards achieving the 2030 Agenda. Ever since, the VLR movement has grown, with an increasing number of...

Past Event

12 February 2020

10th World Urban Forum

Integrating and Localising Global Sustainability Agenda through Voluntary Local Reviews in Cities

This training event equips the participants with the knowledge, methodology, and tools to implement the VLRs and look at the VLRs from a critical point of view. It also touches issues of integrating climate action and the SDGs in cities.

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11 February 2020

10th World Urban Forum

VLRs Cities and Regions Networking & Match-making Event

Localization of SDGs needs to go beyond adapting global goals to the local level. Commitment and political will, as well as co-creation of solutions with communities to urgently address global challenges and objectives, requires serious effort...

Past Event

4 December 2019

Voluntary Local Review Workshop

VLR Training @ADB-LOGIN Workshop

This one-day training session focused on introducing the theory, methods, and practices of the Voluntary Local Reviews to the LOGIN members (staff of the local governments' associations in South and East Asia).